cotta

See also: čotta and Cotta

English

Etymology 1

From Medieval Latin cotta (“clerical tunic”).

Noun

cotta (plural cottas)

1. A surplice, in England and America usually one shorter and less full than the ordinary surplice and with short sleeves, or sometimes none.
   • 1978, Jane Gardam, God on the Rocks, Abacus, published 2014, page 131:

     ‘The confidence of the very rich,’ thought Father Carter watching Binkie shaking out albs and cottas and calling rather loudly to the organist.

2. A kind of coarse woolen blanket.

Etymology 2

Noun

cotta (plural cottas)

1. Alternative form of katha (“unit of area”)

See also

terms etymologically unrelated

• panna cotta
• terra cotta
• terra-cotta

 

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔt.ta/
• Rhymes: -ɔtta
• Hyphenation: còt‧ta

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French cotte, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *kuttô.

Noun

cotta f (plural cotte)

1. surplice, cassock, tabard

Derived terms

• cotta d'arme (“surcoat”)
• cotta di maglia (“chain mail”)

 

Etymology 2

From cotto (“cooked”), past participle of cuocere.

Adjective

cotta

1. feminine singular of cotto

Noun

cotta f (plural cotte)

1. crush (infatuation)

   Ho una cotta per te. ― I have a crush on you.

2. batch (for a kiln or oven)

Further reading

• cotta in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
• cotta in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
• còtta in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication

Latin

Alternative forms

• cota, cottus

Etymology

Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *kuttô (“cowl, woolen cloth, coat”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkot.ta/, [ˈkɔt̪ːä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkot.ta/, [ˈkɔt̪ːä]

Noun

cotta f (genitive cottae); first declension

1. undercoat, tunic

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	cotta	cottae
genitive	cottae	cottārum
dative	cottae	cottīs
accusative	cottam	cottās
ablative	cottā	cottīs
vocative	cotta	cottae

Descendants

• Old French: cotte, cote, cot
  • Middle French: cotte, cote
    • French: cotte
  • Norman: cotte (Guernesiais)
  • Walloon: cote (Liégeois)
  • → Middle English: cotte, cote, coate
    • Scots: cot, cote
    • English: coat
      • → Scots: coat
  • ⇒ Old French: surcot, surcote, sorcot
    • → Middle English: surcote
      • English: surcoat
    • → Old Norse: surkot, syrkot
      • Icelandic: kot
      • Faroese: kot
• Iberian:
  • Asturian: cota
  • Galician: cota
  • Portuguese: cota
  • Spanish: cota
• Italian: cotta
• Old Occitan: cota
  • Old Catalan: cota
    • Catalan: cota
  • Occitan: còta
• Sardinian: cota
• → Middle Low German: kutte
• → Middle High German: kutte
  • German: Kutte (“habit”)